Trans Mountain 终于要上马了

Canada's purchase of Trans Mountain clears major U.S. hurdle
U.S national security review gives green light to government purchase
Brennan MacDonald, Vassy Kapelos · CBC News · Posted: Aug 17, 2018 5:01 PM ET | Last Updated: August 17
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Canada's purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline has cleared a major hurdle, getting a green light from a national security review conducted by Trump administration officials. (Andrew Harnik/Associated Press)
A U.S. national security review has given a green light to the Canadian government's planned purchase of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline project, moving the transaction one step closer to completion.

In July, CBC News reported that the deal was contingent in part on getting clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States, also known as CFIUS.

The deal was subject to a CFIUS review because the purchase agreement includes the acquisition of the Puget Sound pipeline, a short spur line off the Trans Mountain system that transports Canadian crude oil from Abbotsford, B.C., to refineries in Washington state.

A spokesperson for Finance Minister Bill Morneau's office confirmed to CBC News Friday that CFIUS had approved the planned purchase.

"The required regulatory approvals necessary for the close of the sale have been received. The transaction is proceeding as scheduled, and construction activities are on track as detailed in line with the 2018 work plan," said Pierre-Olivier Herbert. "The Trans Mountain expansion is in the national interest and it must be built."

There had been fears that the CFIUS review could pose a serious threat to the deal because, in some instances, the committee would defer the approval of a purchase to the president of the United States. That raised the prospect of Donald Trump holding up the project to secure leverage in trade disputes with Canada.

The federal government announced at the end of May it had reached a deal with Kinder Morgan Canada to purchase the pipeline and related infrastructure for $4.5 billion, and that it could spend billions more to build the controversial planned expansion. Ottawa said it was taking the unusual step of buying into the project in order to ensure the expansion's completion in the face of intense political opposition in British Columbia.

The Trans Mountain expansion will build a new pipeline roughly parallel to the existing, 1,150-kilometre line that carries refined and unrefined oil products from the Edmonton area to Burnaby, B.C.

It will nearly triple the line's capacity to 890,000 barrels a day. Trans Mountain is the only pipeline carrying Alberta crude to the West Coast, and the hope is that most of the oil will end up in tankers bound for Asia.
 
Burnaby loses fight to block Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an application by the City of Burnaby, B.C., to overturn a lower court ruling preventing the city from blocking the construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

"The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs to the respondents, the Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC and the attorney general of Alberta," said the decision posted by the top court this morning.

Burnaby asked the country's highest court last spring to consider a lower court decision that denied the West Coast city leave to appeal a ruling by the National Energy Board.

That ruling allowed Kinder Morgan to bypass local bylaws during construction of the pipeline expansion. Burnaby had appealed the NEB's decision to the Federal Court of Appeal, which dismissed the appeal with costs on March 23.

Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan said he's frustrated, but not surprised by the Supreme Court of Canada decision not to hear the appeal.

"The lack of status for municipal government and the lack of consideration of municipal government by the federal government is a serious issue and it's one that needs to be resolved and we're certainly going to look to our citizens to continue to press this forward," said Corrigan.
 
Federal Court of Appeal quashes construction approvals for Trans Mountain, leaving project in limbo
Indigenous groups had opposed $7.4B project
John Paul Tasker, Kathleen Harris · CBC News · Posted: Aug 30, 2018 8:56 AM ET | Last Updated: 16 minutes ago

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In a stunning blow, the Federal Court of Appeal has quashed the government's approvals to build the Trans Mountain expansion project — a major victory for Indigenous groups and environmentalists opposed to the $7.4-billion project.

In the decision released Thursday, and written by Justice Eleanor Dawson, the court found the National Energy Board's assessment of the project was so flawed that it should not have been relied on by the federal cabinet when it gave final approval to proceed in November 2016.

The certificate approving construction and operation of the project has been nullified, leaving the project in legal limbo until the energy regulator and the government reassess their approvals to satisfy the court's demands.

In effect, the court has halted construction of the 1,150-kilometre project indefinitely.

Amid uncertainty, Kinder Morgan agreed to sell the existing pipeline and the expansion project to the federal government this spring. The company's shareholders overwhelmingly approved the sale Thursday morning in Calgary in a previously scheduled vote held just after the court's decision was released.

Now, the Liberal government is the owner of a proposed pipeline project that could be subject to years of further review.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau said the federal government is carefully reviewing the decision but is determined to proceed with the project, that he said, is in the best national interest and "critically important" for the economy.

"We are absolutely committed to moving ahead with this project," he said at a news conference in Toronto. "What the decision today asked us to do is to respond promptly; gave us some direction on how we can do that in a way that is going to be efficient from a time standpoint. So we will be considering our next steps in light of that."

Morneau said the Liberal government inherited a "flawed process" for reviewing the project.

He described the pipeline purchase as a good investment that will yield strong returns in years ahead, and that the deal to buy it will be finalized as early as Friday.

In its initial study of the project, the NEB found that the pipeline would not cause significant adverse environmental impacts.

But the court has determined that conclusion is flawed because it did not assess the impacts of marine shipping — increased tanker traffic that would result from the expanded pipeline — on the environment and southern resident killer whales in the waters around the line's shipping terminal.

More consultation required
The appellate court also found that the federal government did not adequately, or meaningfully, consult with Indigenous people and hear out their concerns after the NEB issued its report recommending that cabinet approve the project.

The court has ordered the federal government redo its Phase 3 consultation.

"Only after that consultation is completed and any accommodation made can the project be put before the Governor in Council (cabinet) for approval," the decision reads.

"The duty to consult was not adequately discharged in this case."


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Thus, the court is ordering cabinet to direct the NEB to reconsider its approval of the project and remedy some of the concerns raised by the court before cabinet can give the final go-ahead for construction.

Khelsilem, councillor and spokesperson for Squamish Nation in B.C., said many are feeling "elation and happiness and joy" with today's ruling.

"This government played politics with our livelihood," he said. "They did not behave honourably and the courts agreed every step of the way."

Khelsilem said the consultation with First Nations was more like note-taking than meaningful consideration.

Other First Nations, however, expressed hope that the project would proceed, including the Whispering Pines First Nation near Kamloops, B.C., part of a contingent that supports the pipeline going ahead under Indigenous control and is trying to buy it.

Just three days ago, the Trans Mountain Twitter account posted pictures of workers beginning construction of the pipeline expansion.

"Pipeline construction for the #TransMountain Expansion Project has officially begun! We celebrated the big milestone over the weekend, as crews kicked off construction in Central #Alberta," the tweet read.
 
Burnaby loses fight to block Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in Supreme Court是好消息，
Federal Court of Appeal quashes construction approvals for Trans Mountain, leaving project in limbo是坏消息.
这条输油管命运坎坷。不管怎样，赞赏联邦政府的努力。
 
Trudeau committed to building Trans Mountain despite new legal challenges

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reaffirmed his support for the Trans Mountain expansion project Friday vowing to fight on after the Federal Court of Appeal handed his government a ruling that threatens to derail the pipeline entirely.

Speaking to reporters in Oshawa, Ont., Trudeau said the government is committed to building the pipeline the "right way" to satisfy the court's demands.

Citing inadequate consultations with Indigenous peoples, Justice Eleanor Dawson nullified licensing for the $7.4-billion expansion Thursday, halting construction only days after shovels hit the ground on the 1,150-km project.

"We believe the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is in the best interest of all Canadian. We are committed to upholding the national interests," Trudeau said.

"We are taking the time now to understand the court ruling which addresses two things that are very important to this government. Getting the science and the environmental protections right and making sure we're walking forward in a true path of reconciliation and partnership with Indigenous peoples. Yes, these are challenges but they have always been challenges," he said.

The court said the National Energy Board should reconsider its environmental assessment process. At issue for the court was the board's silence on the impact the pipeline could have on the marine environment around the Burnaby, B.C., shipping terminal situated at the end of the expanded line.

The court said the NEB did not adequately address what impact a substantial increase in tanker traffic could have on the southern resident killer whale population in those waters — the whales are endangered — or the potential impact of a diluted bitumen spill from shipping vessels.

The NEB must redo its environmental assessment to address these concerns before construction can resume.

The appellate court also found that the federal government did not adequately, or meaningfully, consult with Indigenous people and hear out their concerns after the NEB issued its report recommending that cabinet approve the project.

The court has ordered the federal government to redo its Phase 3 consultation — the court said the constitutional obligation to consult was not "adequately discharged in this case" — adding because Indigenous concerns with the project are "specific and focused" the process could be completed in relatively short order. The court did not specify a timeline.

Amid regulatory uncertainty, Kinder Morgan agreed to sell the existing pipeline and the expansion project to the federal government for $4.5 billion this spring.

Only minutes after the court issued its decision, the company's shareholders in Calgary overwhelmingly approved the sale. The vote had been previously scheduled. The purchase was finalized Friday with a purchase point of $4.5 billion.

Now, the Liberal government is the owner of a proposed pipeline project that could be subject to years of further review.

If built, the pipeline will carry an estimated 890,000 barrels a day — triple the line's existing capacity — and increase traffic off B.C.'s coast from approximately five tankers to 34 tankers a month.

Most of the additional capacity would be destined for points abroad.
 
What to watch for in today's cabinet decision on the TMX pipeline project

The federal cabinet will decide on Tuesday whether to again approve the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

An outright rejection of the project is thought to be unlikely, given how much political and financial capital the government already has invested in the controversial pipeline — a project that oilpatch boosters have long demanded as a solution to constrained pipeline capacity and perpetually low prices for Canadian oil.

The company building the pipeline — now a Crown-owned entity — has already received some 30 per cent of the pipe needed to build the much-delayed project.

But even if the Trans Mountain expansion gets approval, it may have a long way to go before shovels can hit the ground.

Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi said Monday that Ottawa is moving forward on Trans Mountain "in the right way," and has "full confidence in our energy sector."

Here are three things to watch for in today's decision.

Pre-construction conditions
In an emailed statement to CBC News, Trans Mountain said it does not have an updated construction timeline, but it has already done some of the necessary legwork to start building the line should cabinet give it the green light.

"With a project of this scope and size, there is a long lead time required for the procurement of many of the materials needed for construction. As such, some materials that were ordered and were in transit prior to the court decision are being received at locations in B.C. and Alberta and safely stored and secured for future use," a spokesperson for the company said.


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The current route of the Trans Mountain pipeline. The expansion would twin it.
But the regulatory work on the project is far from over. The company will first have to make some required notifications and meet pre-construction conditions, the spokesperson said.

And while it's difficult to pinpoint when exactly it will meet those unspecified conditions, the company will likely have to participate in a series of additional hearings with the National Energy Board (NEB) to secure approvals for the company's preferred routing.

The NEB's role in timelines
Cabinet first approved the project in November 2016, when it was still owned by energy giant Kinder Morgan, but the NEB only allowed construction work to begin in August 2018 — and only on the project's first leg from the Edmonton terminal to its Darfield pump station near Kamloops, B.C. — after months of regulatory meetings.

The NEB is typically tasked with signing off on specific corridors — the TMX project has been divided into four geographically distinct components — after considering the best way to mitigate risks to the environment and the people who live along the route.

By that measure, construction start dates could still be months away.


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Bill C-48 — the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act — would prohibit oil tankers carrying more than 12,500 tonnes of certain types of oil from stopping or unloading at ports on B.C.'s North Coast. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press)
Coldwater First Nation, a reserve in the B.C. Interior, has long sought a route change to protect against an oil spill in its only aquifer, which supplies 90 per cent of the reserve's water. That First Nation prefers the "west alternative" route that would take the project through another area, farther away from the reserve.

The company has opposed this change, saying the current routing is the "best corridor" as it uses the existing right-of-way and would not require any crossings of the Coldwater River.

The NEB is the entity that adjudicates these sorts of route disputes.

When asked Monday what role the NEB expected to play in the future with respect to pending regulatory approvals, a spokesperson declined to comment.

"The NEB is not able to speculate as to a Governor in Council decision for the Trans Mountain Expansion Project and is therefore unable to speak to what could follow as a result," the spokesperson said.

Improving on 'glorified note-takers'
The company had already started digging along the project's route last August when, only days later, the Federal Court of Appeal quashed cabinet approvals and halted construction amid a legal challenge from some First Nations and environmentalists.

The court said the federal government did not adequately consult with Indigenous groups and failed to adequately consider how the project would affect marine life in the waters off of B.C.'s lower mainland.

The decision forced workers to down tools and halt all construction activity underway on the massive $7.4-billion project.

The project's legal woes are tied in part to the government's failure to "meaningfully consult" with Indigenous peoples that would be affected by construction.

The court called past Crown consultation teams "glorified note-takers" who documented Indigenous concerns but made few recommendations to cabinet to actually address those concerns.

If built, the 1,150-kilometre expansion project would nearly triple the existing pipeline's capacity to 890,000 barrels a day. It would allow pipeline shipments from Alberta's oilpatch to coastal B.C., and then to markets in Asia. Tanker traffic from the Westridge Marine Terminal near Burnaby, B.C., would increase from about five vessels a month to one a day.

In issuing its second "reconsideration report," the regulator imposed 156 conditions on the project while also handing Ottawa 16 new non-binding recommendations it said would help address marine safety risks that could result from the addition of more vessels.

The cabinet could make its approval conditional on the implementation of those additional recommendations.
 
Trudeau cabinet approves Trans Mountain expansion project

Federal officials say construction of the $7.4 billion pipeline is likely to begin in 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet have again approved the Trans Mountain expansion project, a crucial next step for the much-delayed pipeline project designed to carry nearly a million barrels of oil from Alberta's oilpatch to the B.C. coast each day.

The cabinet has affirmed the National Energy Board's conclusion that, while the pipeline has the potential to damage the environment and marine life, it's in the national interest and could contribute tens of billions of dollars to government coffers and create and sustain thousands of jobs.

Beyond approving the project, Trudeau also committed to directing every single dollar the federal government earns from the pipeline — which, when it's built, is estimated to be some $500 million a year in federal corporate tax revenue alone — to investments in unspecified clean energy projects.

Sale proceeds to go to green projects
Any proceeds from the eventual sale of the pipeline will also be earmarked for projects that would help with the transition away from fossil fuels to cleaner sources of energy.

"We need to create wealth today so we can invest in the future. We need resources to invest in Canadians so they can take advantage of the opportunities generated by a rapidly changing economy, here at home and around the world," Trudeau said.

Trudeau said building the project, which will help deliver Canadian oil to tidewater for shipment to lucrative markets in Asia, will ensure Canada is not dependent on selling its natural resources to one customer — the United States.

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"As we've seen over the past few years, anything can happen with our neighbours to the south," Trudeau said. "Right now, we're prisoners to the American market."

The federal Liberal government said Tuesday it will soon begin the process of meeting with Indigenous groups who are interested in buying the project and it is open to selling as much as 100 per cent of its stake to First Nations, Métis and Inuit investors. Ottawa has said it does not want to own the project long-term.

Work could start this year
A senior government official, speaking on background to reporters ahead of the official announcement, said while there are still a number of permits and regulatory hurdles facing the controversial project, the government expects construction work to start sometime this year.

"There's six months left in 2019 and I think it's fair to say shovels will be in the ground in 2019," the official said. "Plans are being drafted up, regulators are ready to move forward."

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said Tuesday he welcomed cabinet's second approval of the project and urged an aggressive construction timeline.

"We need to get a fair price for our country's energy to create good jobs and pay for public services. Approval is not construction. So now let's get it built!" Kenney tweeted.

Citing research from the Parliamentary Budget Officer, the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association said that every year of construction delay reduces the value of the project by some $693 million.


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Pipe for the Trans Mountain pipeline is unloaded in Edson, Alta. on Tuesday. (Jason Franson/THE CANADIAN PRESS)
"This decision has been a long time coming," said Chris Bloomer, president and CEO of the pipeline advocacy group. "Further delay will only add to the opportunities Canada is losing out on every day due to the lack of market access for responsibly-produced Canadian products."

Despite expending considerable financial and political capital on the project, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said he doesn't trust Trudeau to see this energy infrastructure project through to completion, given it was this Liberal government that cancelled the now-defunct Northern Gateway project through northern B.C.

"I doubt his sincerity because he hasn't actually done anything. Show me the pipeline. I don't believe he actually wants it built. He doesn't support our energy sector ... he failed to tell Canadians on what day construction would actually start," Scheer said.

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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh added his voice to the chorus of opposition, saying it's irresponsible for the government to build a crude oil pipeline while also vowing to meet Canada's Paris emissions reduction targets, which demand Canada lower emissions by some 30 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030.

The Liberal government maintains the 100 megatonnes cap on emissions from Alberta's oilsands will limit future development and help Canada keep its Paris promise.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May said the plan to invest profits from Trans Mountain into clean technology is a "cynical bait-and-switch that would fool no one."

"If you're serious about fighting climate change, you invest public funds in renewable energy. You don't invest them in a bitumen pipeline," she said. "And there's no guarantee that this pipeline will ever turn a profit anyway."

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Indigenous groups vow to return to court
The decision comes more than two years after cabinet last approved the project — a decision that was nullified by the Federal Court of Appeal last summer, with judges citing inadequate Indigenous consultations and an incomplete environmental review process.

The court decision placed the federal government in the awkward position of being both the owner of the project — it bought it for $4.5 billion amid investor uncertainty — and the entity tasked with approving construction permits.

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That shock decision forced the government and its Crown consultation teams back to the table with Indigenous communities along the project's route. While the vast majority of First Nations communities have accepted the project and signed impact benefit agreements with the proponent — now a Crown-owned entity — some have flagged potentially devastating effects of a spill on their traditional lands or in their waters as a risk factor demanding more accommodations.

Other First Nations, notably those in B.C.'s lower mainland, have called for the project to be killed outright.

The government tasked retired Supreme Court justice Frank Iacobucci with leading the team of 60 consultants who fanned out across Alberta and B.C. to meet with First Nations and Métis communities to document concerns and put forward recommendations — beyond the 156 conditions already proposed by the NEB — that could mitigate the effects of this project.

While the final outcome was essentially a foregone conclusion, the strings cabinet would attach to its conditional approval of the project were unknown.

The cabinet accepted all of the 156 conditions and took, according to officials, the "unprecedented step" of actually amending six of those NEB conditions to "make them stronger and better," including strengthened marine and emergency response plans with far more Indigenous participation.

The cabinet also is proposing eight new additional "accommodation measures" to address specific Indigenous concerns, including the Salish Sea Initiative to curb the impact of increased tanker traffic on the southern resident killer whale population and the Quiet Vessel Initiative to reduce noise pollution.

The positive cabinet decision is far from the last hurdle facing the project, first pitched by its former proponent Kinder Morgan in 2014. Now, the Crown corporation, accountable to Parliament through the Canada Development Investment Corporation, will have to work with the NEB to finalize the project's route through a series of regulatory hearings.

The possibility of further litigation from environmentalists and First Nations is always a risk.

Unsatisfied with the government's promised fixes, Chief Leah George-Wilson of the Vancouver-area Tsleil-Waututh First Nation said her community would turn again to the courts to try to block the project.

"The federal government's decision to buy the pipeline and become the owner makes it impossible to make an unbiased, open-minded decision," George-Wilson said. "After consultation with our community and our council, we will be appealing this decision to the Federal Court of Appeal."

There are are also competing Indigenous-owned entities clamouring to buy the project from Ottawa, with some floating a purchase price beyond what the federal Liberal government paid to the Texas energy infrastructure giant in the first place.


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Environmental groups attacked the decision to proceed with the project. Patrick McCully, energy program director at the Rainforest Action Network, said it was "stunningly hypocritical" for the government to put forward a motion in the House of Commons declaring climate change a national emergency on Monday only to approve a major project like Trans Mountain on Tuesday.

"This is like declaring war on cancer and then announcing a campaign to promote smoking," McCully said. "But this is far from a done deal. First Nations and Canadian environmentalists will continue to fight this project and their international allies will support them in whatever way they can."

"The federal government has signed off on as much as an additional 15 million tonnes of carbon. This is irresponsible at a time when Canada is drifting further away from meeting our Paris climate commitment, and inconsistent with the climate emergency that was declared only yesterday," added Tim Gray, the executive director of Environmental Defence.

The pipeline company has already secured some 30 per cent of the needed pipeline materials to start work on some segments of the pipeline.

If built, the 1,150-kilometre expansion project would nearly triple the existing pipeline's capacity to 890,000 barrels a day.
 
整个事件可谓一波三折：

联邦政府批准TMX；
BC NDP上台，反对TMX；
联邦政府买下TMX， BC政府无法反对；
法院判决：TMX没有和原住民做足够的协商，对BC海洋影响没有足够的分析。
联邦政府再次批准TMX。

看看后面还会有什么妖娥子。赞赏联邦政府的努力。
 
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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said Tuesday he welcomed cabinet's second approval of the project and urged an aggressive construction timeline.

"We need to get a fair price for our country's energy to create good jobs and pay for public services. Approval is not construction. So now let's get it built!" Kenney tweeted.
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Trans Mountain mobilizes workforce to start pipeline expansion, expects completion by mid-2022

Federal Crown corporation expects to employ 4,200 people along pipeline corridor by later this year
Robson Fletcher · CBC News · Posted: Aug 21, 2019 11:15 AM MT | Last Updated: 17 minutes ago
The federally owned Trans Mountain Corporation said Wednesday it has issued "notice to proceed" directives to construction contractors, mobilizing the workforce it needs to expand the pipeline.

"I am pleased to announce another significant milestone for the Trans Mountain expansion project," the corporation's CEO, Ian Anderson, said in release.

"With the first wave of regulatory approvals complete, we are confident that we have a path forward by which the expansion project construction can commence."

Contractors are expected to begin mobilizing equipment and crews in "select areas" in August and September.

"Construction work will soon begin in communities along the route, including along the right-of-way in Alberta between Edmonton and Edson, and in the Greater Edmonton area," the corporation said in Wednesday's release.

"This includes an immediate return to work at Burnaby Terminal and on land at Westridge Marine Terminal. Specific start dates in the remaining construction areas are subject to final regulatory approvals and permits."

The corporation expects to receive those additional approvals and permits "over the coming months" and, provided that happens, says the expanded pipeline will be in service by mid-2022.

Trans Mountain expects 4,200 workers will be employed along the corridor by late 2019 and says it "remains committed to prioritizing and maximizing Indigenous, local and regional hiring to the greatest extent possible."

"Clearly this project has been subjected to numerous delays and setbacks over the past several years," Anderson said.

"With today's announcement on the commencement of construction, I firmly believe that we are finally able to start delivering the significant national and regional benefits we have always committed to."
 
Trans Mountain pipeline won't be part of minority government negotiations: Morneau

The Liberal government expects to get $500 million a year out of the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline, and promises to spend it all on cleaner sources of energy and projects that pull carbon out of the atmosphere.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau told The Canadian Press in an interview this week that the expanded pipeline is not fodder for negotiating with other parties in the minority government. Rather, he said, it is a crucial piece of the puzzle of financing Canada's transition to a clean energy economy.

"We purchased it for a reason," said Morneau. "We now see how it can help us accelerate our clean energy transition by putting any revenues that we get from it into a transition to clean energy. We think that is the best way we can move forward in our current context."

The Liberal government bought the existing pipeline for $4.5 billion in 2018, in a bid to overcome the opposition of the B.C. government to the expansion.

Federally, the two parties with the most in common with the Liberals on climate change both think the expansion should be cancelled. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, whose party has enough seats to support the Liberals through any confidence votes, wants tougher climate action but has stopped short of using the pipeline as a line in the sand.

He has suggested that ship has effectively sailed.

Morneau said construction on the pipeline is underway and the decision to go forward has been made, which means there is really no way to use it as a bargaining chip in the minority government.

"My expectation is that we have much common ground between the other parties that have been elected to the next Parliament," said Morneau.

"We will be seeking consensus on how we can move forward on that common ground. This project we've already moved forward on. It's one that we've said that we're moving forward on, we've actually already gone through that process."

New Federal Court challenge underway
Construction on the expansion is supposed to be done by the middle of 2022. The Liberal platform forecasted taking revenues of $125 million from Trans Mountain Canada in 2021-22 and then $500 million in each of the next two years.

Eventually, Morneau said, the plan is to sell it back to the private sector and all of the revenues from the sale will then go to clean energy development and other climate change action projects.

The one specific promise the Liberals made that they connected to pipeline revenues was a $300-million annual fund for natural climate solutions including tree planting, as well as conservation and restoration of forests, grasslands, agricultural lands and coastal areas.

Construction on the pipeline was halted in September 2018, after the Federal Court of Appeal overturned federal approval, citing insufficient environmental and Indigenous consultations.

Cabinet undertook new rounds of both and approved the expansion a second time in June.

Construction on the pipeline then resumed in August, starting with work on the marine terminals in British Columbia and pumping stations in Alberta. The first 50 kilometres of actual pipeline will start being laid in the Edmonton area shortly, a spokesperson for Trans Mountain Canada said Wednesday.

Thus far, more than 2,200 workers have been hired.

The pipeline runs from a terminal east of Edmonton to a marine terminal in Burnaby, B.C. The expansion will see a second pipeline built roughly parallel to the first that can carry almost twice as much crude oil every day.

There is however a new federal court challenge underway from Indigenous communities who argued the secondary consultation process undertaken by the government earlier this year was a sham.
 
Trans Mountain Pipeline Makes Landmark Step Forward
The controversial Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project made a landmark step forward with the start of construction in Alberta on Tuesday, two weeks before a federal court of appeal is set to hold hearings on challenges to the project.

In August, the Canadian federal government announced that work would resume on the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project. Just a few weeks later, Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal said it would allow challenges to the project, filed by six indigenous groups.

The Federal Court of Appeal is set to begin three-day hearings in the challenges in Vancouver, British Columbia, on December 16.


On Tuesday, Trans Mountain began construction at Acheson, Alberta, with pipes expected to be in the ground by Christmas. The company began construction of Spread 1 in Greater Edmonton, which includes some 50 kilometers (31 miles) of pipeline running from Trans Mountain’s Edmonton Terminal in Sherwood Park to Acheson, Alberta.

“If everything goes according to plan, and nothing has for ten years by the way, but if everything goes according to the plan that I have in my mind now, we’ll be finished in mid- third to fourth quarter in 2022,” Trans Mountain CEO Ian Anderson said at the event marking the start of the construction.

The expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline would more than double the oil flow from oil-rich Alberta to British Columbia, and from B.C.—potentially--to export markets in Asia. But British Columbia’s government has been a vocal opponent of the pipeline in bitter disputes with neighboring Alberta.

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Alberta’s Premier Jason Kenney said that he was “Encouraged to finally see pipe going in the ground on the @TransMtn Expansion. There’s a long way to go, but this is good news and an important step forward.”

“This Project is supporting workers and will keep our energy sector strong – in the short, medium, and long term. This is a good day for our sector. It’s a good day for Alberta. It’s a good day for Canada,” said Seamus O’Regan, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources.

While the construction start of the expansion is a landmark step ahead for the much-delayed project, court challenges remain and “there still is substantial opposition” to the project, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, who opposes the project, told Reuters.

By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com
 
我说这两天油价没见什么涨，却看见加拿大的油气公司的股价连续两天上涨，原来是这个家伙又开工啦。。。。
 
咪咪哥和ottawa_bluecolor 都不知道到哪去了，高手都财务自由了吧，弄得我们卖掉Weed 以后都不知道该买哪个股票了。。。
 
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